Chapter 10

Chapter 10 "Ruth Rose, what are you talking about?" Josh said. Dink didn't know what to think, except that he was getting a headache. "What makes you think I'm Wallis Wallace?" Mavis asked. Ruth Rose walked over to Mavis. "May I borrow your scarf?" she said.

第十章“露丝·罗斯，你在说什么?”杰克说。 丁克不知道该怎么想，只觉得头痛。 “你凭什么认为我是沃利斯·华莱士?”画眉鸟类问道。 露丝·罗斯走向梅维斯。 “我可以借用你的围巾吗?”她说。

Ruth Rose held the scarf up so everyone could see it. "When I first saw this scarf, I thought these little black letters were M's," she said. "M for Mavis." She looked at Mavis Green. "But they're not M's, are they?" She turned the scarf completely upside down. "What do they look like now?" Dink stepped closer. "They're little W's now!" "Right. Double-U, double-U for Wallis Wallace!" Ruth Rose pointed at the man. "You just said you live in a little cottage. But Wallis Wallace lives in a big castle in Maine. It says so on the cover of The Silent Swamp." Ruth Rose pointed at Mavis's book bag. "Seeing your bag again made me remember something I thought of today. Josh read that your castle was called Moose Manor. There's a picture of a moose on the side of your bag." Ruth Rose handed the scarf back to Mavis. "And we read that Wallis Wallace's favorite color is green. You like green ice cream, and you chose Mavis Green for your fake name." Everyone was staring at Ruth Rose, except for the man they had untied. He started laughing.

露丝·罗斯把围巾举了起来，让每个人都能看到。 “当我第一次看到这条围巾时，我以为这些小黑字母是M，”她说。 “M代表梅维斯。”她看着梅维斯·格林。 “但它们不是M，对吧?”她把围巾完全颠倒过来了。 “他们现在是什么样子?”丁克走近了。 “他们现在是小W了!”“对了。 沃里斯·华莱士的双u，双u !”露丝·罗斯指着那个人。 “你刚才说你住在一间小别墅里。 但是沃利斯·华莱士住在缅因州的一座大城堡里。 《寂静的沼泽》的封面上是这么说的。” 露丝·罗斯指着梅维斯的书包。 “再次看到你的包让我想起了今天的一件事。 乔什听说你的城堡叫驼鹿庄园。 你的包边上有一只驼鹿的照片。” 露丝·罗斯把围巾递给梅维斯。 我们读到沃利斯·华莱士最喜欢的颜色是绿色。 你喜欢绿色的冰淇淋，你选择了梅维斯·格林作为你的假名字。” 每个人都盯着露丝·罗斯，除了那个被他们绑起来的男人。 他笑了起来。

"The cat's out of the bag now, sis," he said. Then Mavis laughed and gave Ruth Rose a hug. "Yes, Ruth Rose," Mavis said. "I really am Wallis Wallace." She put her hand on the man's shoulder. "And this is my brother, Walker Wallace. We've been planning my 'kidnapping' for weeks!" Dink stared at Mavis, or whoever she was. "You mean Wallis Wallace is a woman?" he said. "Yes, Dink, I'm a woman, and I'm definitely Wallis Wallace." She winked at him. "Honest!" Mavis, the real Wallis Wallace, sat on the bed. She took off her glasses and pulled the barrettes out of her hair. She shook her hair until it puffed out in a mass of wild curls. "Thank goodness I can be myself now!" she said. "All day I've had to act like timid Mavis Green. I can't wait to get out of this fuddy-duddy dress and into my jeans again!" She kicked off her shoes and wiggled her toes in the air. "Boy, does that feel good!" Dink blinked and shook his head. Mavis Green was really Wallis Wallace? He couldn't believe it. "But why did you pretend to be kidnapped?" he asked.

“现在秘密已经泄露了，姐姐，”他说。 然后梅维斯笑了，给了露丝·罗斯一个拥抱。 “是的，露丝·罗斯，”梅维斯说。 “我真的是沃利斯·华莱士。” 她把手放在那个人的肩膀上。 “这是我哥哥，沃克·华莱士。 我们准备‘绑架’我已经好几个星期了!”丁克盯着梅维斯，或者不管她是谁。 “你是说沃利斯·华莱士是个女人?”他说。 “是的，丁克，我是个女人，而且我绝对是沃利斯·华莱士。” 她对他使了个眼色。“诚实!”梅维斯，真正的沃利斯·华莱士，坐在床上。 她摘下眼镜，把发夹从头发上取下来。 她摇了摇头发，直到它鼓成一团乱蓬蓬的卷发。 “谢天谢地，我现在可以做我自己了!”她说。 “一整天我都得表现得像胆小的梅维斯·格林。 我迫不及待地想脱下这条老掉牙的裙子，穿上我的牛仔裤!”她踢掉鞋子，脚趾在空中晃来晃去。 “天哪，那感觉真好!”丁克眨了眨眼，摇了摇头。 梅维斯·格林真的是沃利斯·华莱士? 他简直不敢相信。“那你为什么要假装被绑架呢?”他问。

The real Wallis Wallace grinned at the kids' surprised faces. "I owe you an explanation," she said. "My new book is about a children's mystery writer who gets kidnapped. In my book, some children rescue the writer. I wanted to find out how real kids might solve the mystery," she explained. She smiled at Dink. "Then your letter came, inviting me to Green Lawn. That's what gave me the idea to fake my own kidnapping. I'd become Mavis Green and watch what happened." "Oh, yeah!" Dink said. "In your letter, you said you were doing some research in Connecticut." She nodded. "Yes, and I mentioned the word 'kidnap' in the letter to get you thinking along

真正的沃利斯·华莱士对着孩子们惊讶的脸咧嘴一笑。 “我欠你一个解释，”她说。 “我的新书是关于一个儿童推理小说作家被绑架的故事。 在我的书中，一些孩子拯救了作家。 我想知道真实的孩子们会如何解开这个谜团，”她解释道。 她对丁克笑了笑。“然后你的信来了，邀请我去绿草坪。 所以我才有了伪造绑架的想法。 我会变成梅维斯·格林，看看会发生什么。” “哦,是的!”丁克说。“在你的信中，你说你正在康涅狄格州做一些研究。” 她点了点头。“是的，我在信中提到了‘绑架’这个词，是为了让你好好想想

those lines." She smiled at the three kids. "I thought I'd have to give you more clues, but you solved the mystery all by yourselves!" Dink laughed. "You recognized me in the bookstore from my picture," he said. "And you didn't send me a picture so I wouldn't recognize you!" "Then my nutty sister dragged me into her plan," Walker Wallace said. "I should be home checking my lobster pots." "While you were eating lunch, Walker and I ate ours up here," Wallis said. "Then, just before two o'clock, I tied him in the chair and ran down-stairs to meet you out front as Mavis." Wallis Wallace threw back her head and laughed. "Do you remember downstairs when Dink said there was something fishy on the third floor?" She got up and stood next to her brother. "Well, I'm always teasing Walker about smelling fishy from handling his lobster bait. So when you said something was fishy in the hotel, I had to pretend to cough so you wouldn't know I was really laughing!" "Boy, did you have us fooled," Dink said.

这些行。”她对三个孩子笑了笑。 “我想我必须给你们更多的线索，但是你们自己解开了这个谜!”丁克笑了。 “你在书店里通过我的照片认出了我，”他说。 “你没有给我发照片，这样我就认不出你了!”沃克·华莱士说:“后来我那疯姐姐把我拉进了她的计划。” “我应该在家检查我的龙虾锅。” “你吃午饭的时候，我和沃克在这里吃我们的，”沃利斯说。 “然后，就在快到两点钟的时候，我把他绑在椅子上，跑下楼，以梅维斯的身份在门口迎接你。” 沃利斯·华莱士仰起头笑了。 “你还记得楼下丁克说三楼有可疑的东西吗?”她站起来，站在她哥哥旁边。 “嗯，我总是取笑沃克处理龙虾鱼饵时闻到的腥味。 所以当你说酒店里有什么可疑的事情时，我不得不假装咳嗽，这样你就不会知道我真的在笑!”“孩子，你把我们骗了。”丁克说。

Wallis Wallace grinned. "Mr. Paskey was in on it. I had to tell him the truth. As you saw this morning at the Book Nook, my little scheme made him very nervous. I've promised him I'll come back and do a real book signing soon. But I'll be in disguise, so be prepared for anything!" Dink shook his head. "I was so disappointed because I couldn't meet my favorite author this morning," he said. "And I've been with you all day and didn't even know it!" She looked at Dink. "I'm so sorry I tricked you. Will you forgive me?" Dink blushed. "Sure." "I have a question," Josh said. "Where did you really sleep last night?" "Right here in Room 302. A few weeks ago, I telephoned to reserve two rooms next to each other. Last night, I checked into Room 303 as Wallis Wallace, the man. Up in Room 303, I took off the hat and coat and sunglasses. Then I sneaked back down to the lobby wearing a blond wig. I checked in again, this time into Room 302." "Did you smudge the signature?" Ruth Rose asked.

华莱士咧嘴一笑。“先生。 帕斯基也参与了。我必须告诉他真相。 正如你今天早上在Book Nook看到的，我的小计划使他非常紧张。 我已经向他保证过，我很快就会回来办一个真正的签售会。 但我要乔装打扮，所以要做好一切准备!”丁克摇了摇头。 “我很失望，因为今天早上我没能见到我最喜欢的作家，”他说。 “我跟你在一起一整天，都不知道!”她看着丁克。 “对不起，我骗了你。 你能原谅我吗?”丁克脸红了。 “当然。”“我有个问题，”乔希说。 “你昨晚到底睡在哪里?”“就在这里，302房间。 几个星期前，我打电话预订了两个相邻的房间。 昨晚，我以沃利斯·华莱士的身份入住了303房间。 在303房间，我脱下帽子、外套和太阳镜。 然后我戴着金色假发偷偷溜回大厅。 我又登记了一次，这次住的是302房间。” “你把签名弄脏了吗?”露丝·罗斯问。